Taking the Shot

And here you are. Finally, pressing the button, taking a shot that you found to your liking. Actually, I could write the whole site down again here, but I won't. Instead, here is a quick list that you need to pay attention to, when you are about to take your shot:- Set your focus! Always set your focus first before doing anything else to get a clear view of what is about to happen.- Compose your picture. Before messing around with settings for possible artistic effects or motion freeze, compose your picture so you won't need to mess with your position again. If you would, you might get another tricky beam of light on your picture, changing your EV and making you change your settings again.- Now is the time to set your camera according to your scene's needs giving priority to the setting that will make the best out of it.- If you changed position re-set your focus!- Look at your shoot with your bare eyes before you expose (even if you stay in the viewfinder and just open your other eye for a second).- Take the shot, examine your first picture and look for stuff you could change for the scene (if it is a static scene) you are about to do. E.g.: galleries, nature, indoor events all require a more or less static setting which you can either set up correctly in the beginning, or mess with post-production a lot in the end on your PC.